AI Visibility Scorecard
400 Bad Request
broadcast.census.gov · Government & Public Sector
Borderline visible. AI bots can crawl 400 Bad Request, but the structured-data signals are thin - you are at real risk of being skipped when buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity for a recommendation.
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In the Engagemii AEO index
#11,190 of 124,397 in Government & Public Sector for AI visibility
3
5
AEO Visibility
iBorderline · 4.6/10
0
Muse Index Score
iAI agent readiness
Not agent-ready · 0/100
0
AI Adoption
iNone detected · 0/100
About 400 Bad Request
from our crawl and measurement
400 Bad Request describes itself simply: "An official website of the United States government Skip to main content end of header **WARNING*WARNING*WARNING** This is a Census Bureau computer system." To AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity, though, it is barely visible: it scores 4.6 out of 10.
The site is missing structured data describing the business, an llms.txt file and a sitemap.
The 6 signals AI reads
Strong · Good · Fair · Weak
Structured Data
Weak
Organization / LocalBusiness JSON-LD that AI can read.
Content Structure
Weak
Clear headings and answer-style content.
Entity Clarity
Weak
How clearly your brand identity reads to AI.
E-E-A-T Signals
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust
Weak
Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust markers.
Technical AEO
Fair
robots.txt, llms.txt, and AI-bot crawl access.
AI Discoverability
Fair
Sitemaps and entity links AI can follow.
Off-page authority
How the web signals your brand to AI
Backlinks
Weak
No inbound links found yet.
Domain Authority
Good
Established authority for your domain.
Reference Presence
Strong
Recognized in AI knowledge graphs.
News & Press
Strong
Press and news coverage.
Community
Strong
Forum and community discussion.
Social Mentions
Weak
No social discussion found yet.
What this score means
Your AEO score measures whether AI search engines - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - can actually read your site and cite it in answers. Roughly two-thirds of sites are invisible to them. At 4.6/10, 400 Bad Request is crawlable but under-signaled - fixable, and the signals above are where to start.
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Source & Attribution
Scored by Engagemii on August 11, 2026. Methodology: engagemii.com/aeo/methodology
Source URL: https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/broadcast-census-gov
Cite this score: Engagemii (2026). "AEO Score for 400 Bad Request." Retrieved from https://engagemii.com/aeo/brands/broadcast-census-gov
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